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Hospital executives rate insurers by difficulty of negotiations
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted Aug. 27, 2012
A survey of 403 hospital executives published by public relations firm ReviveHealth showed Cigna to be the easiest for hospital executives to deal with in terms of contract negotiations, with WellPoint rated the most difficult.
WellPoint, which operates 14 for-profit BlueCross BlueShield-affiliated plans, had an overall favorable rating of just 27%, while Cigna’s was 71%. In terms of dealing with hospitals, respondents gave each plan a score from 1 to 7, 7 being the most difficult to work with. WellPoint scored a 4.7.
The survey was conducted by research firm Monigle Associates between February and June by U.S. mail, email, fax or telephone.
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2012/08/27/bibf0827.htm.
